Although they did not win the World Series, the 1953 Brooklyn Dodgers were the top Dodger team of the 1950s, winning 105 games in the regular season. They finished 13 games ahead of the second team in the league, the Milwaukee Braves.

The 1953 Dodgers were an awesome team, with Duke Snider hitting 42 home runs, MVPRoy Campanella with 41 home runs, Gil Hodges with 31 home runs, and Carl Furillo with 21. In terms of batting average, Furillo led the league with a .344 mark, Snider hit .336, Jackie Robinson was at .329, and both Campy and Hodges were also over .300. Rookie Jim Gilliam led the league in triples, had 100 walks and was one of six players to score over 100 runs - the leader on the team being Snider with 132 runs scored. Pee Wee Reese led the team in stolen bases with 22, getting caught only 6 times.

Among lesser-known players on the team was 24-year-old Dick Williams, later to become much more famous as a major league manager.

Among lesser-known pitchers was Glenn Mickens, who pitched in the majors only in 1953 but who later went on to a successful career in Japan as one of the first former major leaguers to play in Nippon Pro Baseball.

Manager Chuck Dressen, who had also led the 1952 team to the pennant, did not return in 1954 due to a contract dispute. He went on to manage for many more years in the majors with other teams, but never again won a pennant.